Occupational Guide to Trades Unions
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Occupational guide to trades unions The guide was originally compiled in July 1994 and was intended for internal staff use. It has not been systematically updated to take account of more recent accessions at the Centre Family historians should note that many of the unions listed have not deposited membership records at the Centre Administrators: see Draughtsmen's & Allied Technicians' Association; Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, Technical, Administrative, & Supervisory Section; ICI Staff Association; Manufacturing, Science, Finance. Air-line pilots: see British Air Line Pilots' Association; International Transport Workers' Federation. Almoners: see British Association of Social Workers. Architects' & Surveyors' Assistants: see Architects' & Surveyors' Assistants Professional Union; Association of Building Technicians. Artists: see Society of Lithographic Artists, Designers, Engravers & Process Workers Bank employees: see Bank Officers' Guild; Banking Insurance & Finance Union; Banking Staff Council; Central Council of Bank Staff Associations; Clearing Bank Union; Confederation of Bank Staff Associations; Council of Bank Staff Associations; Joint Negotiating Council for Banking; National Union of Bank Employees. Blacksmiths: see Amalgamated Society of Wheelwrights, Smiths, & Motor Body Makers; Associated Blacksmiths, Forge & Smithy Workers' Society. See also Whitesmiths. Blastfurnacemen: see Cleveland & Durham Blastfurnacemen's ...Society; Iron & Steel Trades Confederation; National Federation of Blastfurnacemen etc. Body-makers (motor): see Amalgamated Society of Wheelwrights, Smiths, & Motor Body Makers; Associated Brassfounders', Turners' etc. Society. Boilermakers: see Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers; General, Municipal, Boilermakers' & Allied Trades Union. Brass workers: see Associated Brassfounders', Turners' etc. Society; Galvanised Hollow- ware, Sheet-metal Workers' & Braziers' Society; General Union of Braziers & Sheet Metal Workers; Liverpool Braziers' & Sheet Metal Workers' Society; London & Provincial Society of Coppersmiths, Braziers, & Metal Workers; London Friendly Society of Coppersmiths; London Society of Sheet Metal Workers, Braziers & Gas Meter Makers; London United Brassfounders' Society; Manchester Society of Brassfounders, etc.; National Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers & Braziers; National Society of Metal Mechanics. Bricklayers: see Manchester Unity of Operative Bricklayers Society; Operative Bricklayers’ Society; Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers. Building trade workers: see Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers; Association of Building Technicians; Building & Monumental Workers' Association of Scotland; National Builders' Labourers' & Constructional Workers' Society; National Federation of Building Trades Operatives; National Federation of Construction Unions. See also bricklayers, decorators, painters, Bus overhaul: see Aldenham Bus Overhaul Works Bus workers: see National Busworkers' Association. See also INDIVIDUALS: Askins. Cabinet-makers: see Amalgamated Union of Cabinet Makers 1 G:\admin\procman\occupationalguide Carpenters: see Amalgamated Society of Carpenter and Joiners; General Union of Carpenters and Joiners; Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers; Associated Society of Carpenters & Joiners of Scotland. Child Case Officers: see British Association of Social Workers. Children’s Officers: see British Association of Social Workers. Civil servants: see Assistant Clerks' Association; Association of Clerks of the Second Division/ Executive Officers; Association of Officers of Taxes; Inland Revenue Staff Federation; British Museum Clerks' Association; Civil & Public Services Association; Association of Staff Clerks & other Civil Servants; Civil Service (Clerical) Alliance; Civil Service Confederation; Civil Service Union; Clerical Officers' Union; Council of Civil Service Unions; Customs & Excise Federation; Customs & Excise Surveyors' Association; Inland Revenue Departmental Whitley Council; Inland Revenue Staff Federation; Institution of Professional Civil Servants. Clerks: see Association of Clerical, Technical & Supervisory Staffs; Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical & Computer Staff; Clerical & Administrative Workers' Union; Manufacturing, Science, Finance; National Association of Clerical & Supervisory Staffs. See also civil servants. Coachmakers: see London & Provincial Coachmakers' Trade Union. Computer staff: see Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical & Computer Staff. Construction engineers: see Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, Constructional Section; Constructional Engineering Union. Coremakers: see United Coremakers' Friendly Society. Correctors of the Press: see Association of Correctors of the Press. Cotton-operatives: see Bolton Card & Ring Room Operatives' Association. Cycle and cycle accessory manufacturers: see National Cycle Archive pages on web-site. Decorators: see Amalgamated Society of House Decorators & Painters; National Amalgamated Society of Operative House & Ship Painters & Decorators. See also painters. Designers: see Society of Lithographic Artists, Designers, Engravers & Process Workers Dockers: see Dock, Wharf, Riverside & General Workers' Union; International Federation of Ship, Dock, & River Workers; International Transport Workers' Federation. Doctors: see Medical Practitioners' Union. Draughtsmen: see Draughtsmen's & Allied Technicians' Association; Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, Technical, Administrative, & Supervisory Section. Electricians: see Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunication & Plumbing Union Engineers: see Amalgamated Society of Engineers/Amalgamated Engineering Union; Confederation of Shipbuilding & Engineering Unions; Coventry Precision Shop Stewards' Committee; Federation of Engineering & Shipbuilding Trades; Friendly Society of Mechanics; Grimsby Enginemen's Club & Institute; Grimsby Steam & Diesel Fishing Vessels Engineers' & Firemen's Union; Heating, Ventilating & Domestic Engineers NJIC; Journeymen Steam Engine, Machine Makers' & Millwrights' Friendly Society; National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Cranemen, Hammer-drivers & Boiler Firemen; National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Firemen, Mechanics and Electrical Workers. See also construction engineers; motor vehicle manufacturers; Post Office workers. Engravers: see Society of Lithographic Artists, Designers, Engravers & Process Workers Family Case Workers: see British Association of Social Workers. Finance workers: see Banking Insurance & Finance Union; Forward Trust Staff Association. Firemen: see Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers & Firemen. Fishermen: see International Transport Workers' Federation. 2 G:\admin\procman\occupationalguide Forge workers: see Associated Blacksmiths, Forge & Smithy Workers' Society Foundry workers: see Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers; Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, Foundry Section; Friendly Society of Iron Moulders/Founders; Ironfounding Workers' Association; United Metal Founders' Society. See also brassworkers. Furniture Makers: see Furniture, Timber, and Allied Trade Union, National Union of Furniture Trade Operatives. Gas-meter makers: see Amalgamated Society of Tin-plate Workers; London Society of Sheet Metal Workers, Braziers & Gas Meter Makers; London Society of Tin-plate Workers & Gas-meter Makers; London Society of Tin & Iron Plate Workers & Gas Meter Makers. Gas staff workers: see British Gas Staff Association; Gas Staff Association. General workers: see Dock, Wharf, Riverside & General Workers' Union; General & Municipal Workers Union; General, Municipal, Boilermakers' & Allied Trades Union; National Amalgamated Union of Labour; National Federation of General Workers. See also local government workers. Glass-makers: see (National) Flint Glass Makers' (Friendly) Society; Glass Bottle Makers of Yorkshire Trade Protection Society. Glazers: see Amalgamated Machine, Engine & Iron Grinders' and Glazers' Society Grinders: see Amalgamated Machine, Engine & Iron Grinders' and Glazers' Society Hackney Carriage Employees: see Amalgamated Association of Tramway & Hackney Carriage Employees. Headmistresses: see Association of Headmistresses. Health Service workers: see Confederation of Health Service Employees; Hospitals & Welfare Services Union; Mental Hospital & Institutional Workers' Union; National Ambulance Staffs Association; National Asylum Workers' Union; Poor Law Workers' Trade Union; British Association of Social Workers. House Decorators: see Amalgamated Society of House Decorators & Painters Instrument makers: see Amalgamated Instrument Makers' Society. Insurance workers: see Association of Scientific, Technical, & Managerial Workers, Pearl Section; Banking Insurance & Finance Union; Guild of Insurance Officials; Joint Council of Pearl Employees; LOGOMIA; Manufacturing, Science, Finance; National Amalgamated Union of Life Assurance Workers; National & Local Government Officers Insurance Association; National Federation of Insurance Workers; Pearl Unions' Federation; Union of Insurance Staff. Joiners: see Amalgamated Society of Carpenter and Joiners; General Union of Carpenters and Joiners; Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers; Associated Society of Carpenters & Joiners of Scotland; Mersey Ship Joiners’ Association. Lecturers: see Association of Teachers & Lecturers; Association of Teachers in Colleges & Departments of Education; Association of University Teachers. See also teachers. Lightermen: see Amalgamated Society of Watermen & Lightermen of the